Internship 2026 · VAIA
Inside the Internship: Technology That Includes Everyone at VAIA
By Let's Talk Tech · August 2026 · 7 min read
The team at Voices for Accessibility and Inclusion Association, Bamenda.
Four Let's Talk Tech graduates spent eight days at VAIA. They rebuilt how the organisation looks, from its banner to its 2027 calendar, and in between they sat down with people who could not see the screen and helped them apply for things.
Voices for Accessibility and Inclusion Association works for persons with disabilities and vulnerable people in Bamenda, through inclusive education, assistive resources and technology. Wirmum Christina Beri, Asherinyuy Angel Clare Tatah, Achuo Glory Nchuo and Njunehop Asheli Tedargfor arrived on Wednesday 12 August 2026 and were welcomed by Madam Emmanuela, the Social Welfare Officer.
What they did at VAIA
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Interns placed at VAIA
8 days
From 12 August 2026
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Kinds of print design produced
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Videos recorded or edited
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One-to-one digital support sessions
2027
Calendar they designed
Day one: an honest audit, then a plan
At work in the VAIA office.
The first thing they did was pull up VAIA's Facebook page and say plainly what was wrong with it. The page was not engaging enough, the write-ups needed work, the picture and video quality needed lifting, the graphics needed better balance, and the profile picture needed replacing.
Then they turned the critique into a two-week work plan: a profile picture, two videos a week, a flyer, a business card for the CEO, posts every Wednesday and Friday, and in week two a brochure, a documentary, a redesigned roll-up banner and a voice-over video. They wrote the plan before they wrote anything else, and then worked through it.
A whole identity, rebuilt in eight days
The redesigned roll-up banner.
By the end they had produced five pieces of print design for the organisation: a business card for the CEO with both faces, a flyer, a brochure, a 2027 organisational calendar, and the roll-up banner that carries VAIA's identity at every event it attends.
Almost none of it was right first time, and the report says so. The business card went back for correction, so did the flyer, so did the calendar, so did the banner. Every piece was reviewed by the whole group before it was called finished.
“It helped us understand the importance of accessibility and patience when providing digital assistance.”
From the interns' report, on helping a visually impaired applicant
The part that was not about design at all
With the VAIA team.
On the third day Achuo Glory Nchuo and Wirmum Christina Beri sat with a visually impaired person and helped them through an application and the editing that went with it. Later in the week Christina helped another visually impaired person register for an online application, helped a visitor create a LinkedIn account, and sat with two people with disabilities writing application letters.
This is where a digital skills course stops being a course. The organisation exists so that people are not shut out by a form or a website, and for a few days these four were the reason a handful of people got through one.
Five videos and a documentary
On day two they recorded the CEO, Ma'am Precious, explaining how VAIA started, and a staff member setting out the vision and mission. Later they recorded two testimonial videos from people who had taken part in VAIA activities. Asherinyuy Angel Clare handled the editing.
All of it fed into a documentary of the organisation's work, compiled into a single film and reviewed by the whole team. It was finished at twenty to nine on the final morning, which tells you how the last week went.
What they left on the table for VAIA
On day six Asherinyuy Angel Clare and Njunehop Asheli Tedargfor started planning a website for the organisation, working through which pages it needs, what features, what content and what it would take technically. They did not build it, and they did not pretend to. They left the organisation a specification it can act on.
The placement ended with a session with VAIA's team lead, Miss Vernyuy Sylvie, going back over the plan they had written on day one and checking what had actually been done against it. They closed at noon. What they carried out was eight days of real deliverables and a clearer idea of what technology is for.
Questions about this placement
What is VAIA?
Voices for Accessibility and Inclusion Association, a community organisation in Bamenda that advocates for and empowers persons with disabilities and vulnerable individuals through inclusive education, assistive resources and technology.
What did the interns actually produce?
A business card for the CEO, a flyer, a brochure, a 2027 organisational calendar and a redesigned roll-up banner; an inspirational video with the CEO, a vision and mission video with a staff member, two testimonial videos and a compiled documentary; a Facebook content plan; a website specification; and one-to-one digital help for several people with disabilities.
How do I join the next Let's Talk Tech cohort?
Get in touch with the Let's Talk Tech team through the contact page. Every cohort ends with a two-week placement inside a local organisation, like this one.
With thanks
Thank you, VAIA
Our thanks to Voices for Accessibility and Inclusion Association for opening its doors to four of our trainees, and to Miss Vernyuy Sylvie, Madam Emmanuela and Ma'am Precious for giving them real work and real responsibility rather than a seat in the corner. Letting interns sit beside the people you serve, and help them directly, is a particular kind of trust. We are grateful they extended it.
Let's Talk Tech Internship 2026
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